John Oliver Quotes
I'm British, so obviously I repress any powerful emotions of any kind in relation to anything.
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I saw a picture of Elvis in blue lame, and thought that if I could recreate that suit and walk down the King's Road in it, someone might pick me up and take me off on a crazy adventure.
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I use honey to condition my hair and eggs for protein. Also, mayonnaise and olive oil are great options for keeping it moisturized.
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I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.
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I don't want to go down in history as a man who allowed blood to be shed.
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The leader of the market today may not necessarily be the leader tomorrow.
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I wanted to see how flavors, spices, and grains traveled back and forth along the Silk Road and were interpreted by a multitude of cultures' palates.
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The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.
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We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
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If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
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And I'm a pretty positive person - I don't put a lot of energy into worrying, and I'm not a person who lives in a great deal of fear.
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I've lived in Kansas for more than thirty years, and for half of those, I was part of a ranching family, so I'm writing about things I know and love.
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A man notices a woman's figure when she walks in a room. Women have eight million words for blue; a man says dark blue or light blue.
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Statistical studies are all over the lot about the pluses and minuses of raising the minimum wage.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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I feel very strongly that 'curves' are natural, womanly and real.
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One thing is certain: our families are important. Don't get so stressed out and so preoccupied that we neglect one of the greatest things that God has given us, and that's our families.
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A lot of films come out before they're finished.
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The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.
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He Who is your Lord, the All-Merciful cherisheth in His heart the desire of beholding the entire human race as one soul and one body.
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Several particular maxims... are as powerful, although false, in carrying away belief, as those the most true.
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Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself.
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But I never, never thought of the ministry nor did - of course, television when I was growing up, there was no television. So I didn't know anything about it.
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I always wanted to have a headphone line but I feel like I'm going to do more than just headphones eventually, but we want to wake the world up right now with this.
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I'm British, so obviously I repress any powerful emotions of any kind in relation to anything.
